Roll of Honor
Incident
Detective Kevin Orr sustained fatal injuries when the helicopter he was riding in crashed into the Green River.
He was participating in a search for a missing woman whose burned-out car had been found several days earlier.
The helicopter struck a power line that was hanging across the river and then crashed into the water several feet from shore. Detective Orr was transported to LDS Hospital where he died a short time later. The civilian pilot suffered non-fatal injuries.
Detective Orr had served with the Uintah County Sheriff's Office for 11 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and four children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Orr gave the Uintah County Sheriff's Office 11 years.
Thank you for your service to the Vernal community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Orr.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Detective Kevin Shumway Orr is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In UT, 49 of 138 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 35.5% of this state's fallen. That is 4.5 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Kevin Shumway Orr's cause is highlighted.
How Kevin Shumway Orr Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Kevin Shumway Orr is highlighted in Nov.